Joan L Herman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4860719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joan L Herman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joan L |
| FAMILY NAME | Herman |
| SIGNATURE | HERMAN J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1677-7151 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Examining the Effect of an Interdisciplinary Literacy Program on Student Learning
The literacy design collaborative (LDC) was created to support teachers in implementing college and career readiness standards. Teachers work collaboratively with coaches to further develop their expertise and design standards-driven, literacy-rich writing assignments within their existing curriculum across content areas. The current paper reports on early student academic outcome results from a multi-year mixed methods study of the implementatio…
Defining Twenty-First Century Skills
Integrating Literacy and Science in Biology
This study examined the effects of professional development integrating academic literacy and biology instruction on science teachers’ instructional practices and students’ achievement in science and literacy. The intervention consisted of 10 days of professional development in Reading Apprenticeship, an instructional framework integrating metacognitive inquiry routines into subject-area instruction to make explicit the tacit reasoning processes,…
Assessing new assessments
Alternative assessments have enjoyed enormous popularity over the last decade for any number of reasons. Proponents believe that alternative assessments, such as that shown in the first item above, better represent the kinds of disciplinary knowledge students should be acquiring, the complex thinking and communication skills that are essential to students' future success, and the rigorous standards for student accomplishment that are being formul…
The Federal Education Research Agency
Research news and Comment
Assessing the Effects of Standardized Testing on Schools
This study brings empirical data to the debate about the efficacy of standardized tests. A teacher questionnaire containing 81 Likert-type items was mailed to 450 upper elementary school teachers in 48 schools. Questions of interest included (a) What are the effects of these tests on the teaching and learning process in schools? (b) What is the meaning of test score gains? and (c) Does such testing have differential effects in schools serving stu…
Novel Approaches to Relieve Overcrowding
Staggered schedules of schooling seem an attractive remedy for overcrowded schools
Some effects of parent involvement in schools
Fun and Games
Indicators of instructional program effectiveness have been expanded to include both the range of instructional options and cognitive and affective performance measures. Within the context of a statewide evaluation of educational reform, this research studied the relationship of diverse instructional materials with student performance indicators. The study sampled 72 schools from a geographically, socioeconomically, and linguistically representat…
Integrating Literacy and Science in Biology
This study examined the effects of professional development integrating academic literacy and biology instruction on science teachers’ instructional practices and students’ achievement in science and literacy. The intervention consisted of 10 days of professional development in Reading Apprenticeship, an instructional framework integrating metacognitive inquiry routines into subject-area instruction to make explicit the tacit reasoning processes,…
Some effects of parent involvement in schools
Assessing new assessments
Alternative assessments have enjoyed enormous popularity over the last decade for any number of reasons. Proponents believe that alternative assessments, such as that shown in the first item above, better represent the kinds of disciplinary knowledge students should be acquiring, the complex thinking and communication skills that are essential to students' future success, and the rigorous standards for student accomplishment that are being formul…
Fun and Games
Indicators of instructional program effectiveness have been expanded to include both the range of instructional options and cognitive and affective performance measures. Within the context of a statewide evaluation of educational reform, this research studied the relationship of diverse instructional materials with student performance indicators. The study sampled 72 schools from a geographically, socioeconomically, and linguistically representat…
Some effects of parent involvement in schools
Novel Approaches to Relieve Overcrowding
Staggered schedules of schooling seem an attractive remedy for overcrowded schools
Assessing the Effects of Standardized Testing on Schools
This study brings empirical data to the debate about the efficacy of standardized tests. A teacher questionnaire containing 81 Likert-type items was mailed to 450 upper elementary school teachers in 48 schools. Questions of interest included (a) What are the effects of these tests on the teaching and learning process in schools? (b) What is the meaning of test score gains? and (c) Does such testing have differential effects in schools serving stu…
The Federal Education Research Agency
Research news and Comment
Assessing new assessments
Alternative assessments have enjoyed enormous popularity over the last decade for any number of reasons. Proponents believe that alternative assessments, such as that shown in the first item above, better represent the kinds of disciplinary knowledge students should be acquiring, the complex thinking and communication skills that are essential to students' future success, and the rigorous standards for student accomplishment that are being formul…
Integrating Literacy and Science in Biology
This study examined the effects of professional development integrating academic literacy and biology instruction on science teachers’ instructional practices and students’ achievement in science and literacy. The intervention consisted of 10 days of professional development in Reading Apprenticeship, an instructional framework integrating metacognitive inquiry routines into subject-area instruction to make explicit the tacit reasoning processes,…
Defining Twenty-First Century Skills
Examining the Effect of an Interdisciplinary Literacy Program on Student Learning
The literacy design collaborative (LDC) was created to support teachers in implementing college and career readiness standards. Teachers work collaboratively with coaches to further develop their expertise and design standards-driven, literacy-rich writing assignments within their existing curriculum across content areas. The current paper reports on early student academic outcome results from a multi-year mixed methods study of the implementatio…
Psychology (8 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Educational Assessment and Improvement (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Reading (process (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)